The Nintendo Classic Mini, a compact recreation of the original NES has shot to the top of the Amazon bestsellers chart.

Last week Nintendo announced the new console on Twitter, causing retro gamers to lose their 8-bit brains. The NCM is powered by a USB cable, features an HDMI output and comes with 30 in-built NES games.

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The device now sits atop Amazon's PC & Video Games bestsellers, even though it has been listed for less than a week. There's no way of knowing exactly how many pre-orders have been placed, but the NCM is currently beating the DualShock 4 controller and highly anticipated space-sim No Man's Sky.

The mini-console will not support original NES cartridges, nor will it feature online functionality. Fans of the original are clearly undeterred by the above - it's a smash.

It's been a great month for the Japanese developer. The insane success of Pokémon GO, which is now installed on over 10% of all iPhones in America, has added over nine billion dollars to the company's value. If the upcoming successor to the Wii U, the NX, is received favourably, then the console wars could become a balanced three-way battle for the first time years.